# org.apache.james:james-server (Maven) vulnerabilities

12 known vulnerabilities (1 critical, 2 high, 1 medium), with the versions each affects and the releases that fix them.

## At a glance

- Latest release: 3.9.1 (Sep 25, 2026): no advisory affects it
- Newest unaffected release: 3.9.1 (Sep 25, 2026), the latest release
- Dependents: 1
- Releases: 28 since 3.0.0 (Jul 18, 2017)
- Registry: https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/org.apache.james/james-server
- Releases read: Nov 8, 2026

## Version timeline

Affected versions per advisory, in version order:

- CVE-2026-85111: 3.0-beta2 to 3.9.0 (3.9.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2023-51747: 3.0-beta2 to 3.7.4 (3.7.5 is outside it); 3.8.0 (3.8.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2023-51518: 3.0-beta2 to 3.7.4 (3.7.5 is outside it); 3.8.0 (3.8.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2022-45935: 3.0-beta2 to 3.7.2 (3.7.3 is outside it)
- CVE-2022-28220: 3.0-beta2 to 3.7.0 (3.7.1 is outside it)
- CVE-2022-22931: 3.0-beta2 to 3.6.0 (3.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2021-40525: 3.0-beta2 to 3.6.0 (3.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2021-40111: 3.0-beta2 to 3.6.0 (3.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2021-40110: 3.1.0 to 3.6.0 (3.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2021-38542: 3.0-beta2 to 3.6.0 (3.6.2 is outside it)
- CVE-2015-7611: no published release is affected
- CVE-2004-2650: no published release is affected

## Advisories (12)

### [CVE-2026-85111](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-85111): Apache James: Denial of service upon MIME parsing

- Severity: High 8.7
- Published: Nov 6, 2026
- Affected: fixed in 3.9.1.
- Fixed in 3.9.1 (released Sep 25, 2026, 42 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2023-51747](https://cve.now/CVE-2023-51747): SMTP smuggling in Apache James

- Severity: High 7.1
- Published: Feb 27, 2024
- Affected: fixed in 3.7.5; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.1.
- Fixed in 3.7.5 (released Feb 12, 2024, 15 days before disclosure) and 3.8.1 (released Feb 11, 2024, 16 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2023-51518](https://cve.now/CVE-2023-51518): Apache James server: Privilege escalation via JMX pre-authentication deserialisation

- Severity: Critical 9.8
- Published: Feb 27, 2024
- Affected: fixed in 3.7.5; from 3.8.0, fixed in 3.8.1.
- Fixed in 3.7.5 (released Feb 12, 2024, 15 days before disclosure) and 3.8.1 (released Feb 11, 2024, 16 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2022-45935](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-45935): Apache James server: Temporary File Information Disclosure

- Severity: Medium 5.5
- Published: Jan 6, 2023
- Affected: through 3.7.2.
- Fixed in 3.7.3 (released Dec 30, 2022, 7 days before disclosure), the first release outside every affected range (no listed fixed version clears them all).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2022-28220](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-28220): STARTTLS command injection in Apache JAMES

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Sep 8, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 3.6.3; from 3.7.0, fixed in 3.7.1.
- Fixed in 3.7.1 (released Aug 26, 2022, 13 days before disclosure, the advisory names 3.6.3, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2022-22931](https://cve.now/CVE-2022-22931): Path traversal in Apache James 3.6.1

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Feb 7, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 3.6.2.
- Fixed in 3.6.2 (released Jan 26, 2022, 12 days before disclosure).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2021-40525](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-40525): Sieve file storage vulnerable to path traversal attacks

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jan 4, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 3.6.1.
- Fixed in 3.6.2 (released Jan 26, 2022, 22 days after disclosure, the advisory names 3.6.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2021-40111](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-40111): Apache James IMAP parsing Denial Of Service

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jan 4, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 3.6.1.
- Fixed in 3.6.2 (released Jan 26, 2022, 22 days after disclosure, the advisory names 3.6.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2021-40110](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-40110): Apache James IMAP vulnerable to a ReDoS

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jan 4, 2022
- Affected: from 3.1.0, fixed in 3.6.1.
- Fixed in 3.6.2 (released Jan 26, 2022, 22 days after disclosure, the advisory names 3.6.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2021-38542](https://cve.now/CVE-2021-38542): Apache James vulnerable to STARTTLS command injection (IMAP and POP3)

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jan 4, 2022
- Affected: fixed in 3.6.1.
- Fixed in 3.6.2 (released Jan 26, 2022, 22 days after disclosure, the advisory names 3.6.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2015-7611](https://cve.now/CVE-2015-7611): Apache James Server 2.3.2, when configured with file-based user repositories, allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands via…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Jun 7, 2016
- Affected: fixed in 2.3.2.1.
- Fixed in 3.0.0 (released Jul 18, 2017, 406 days after disclosure, the advisory names 2.3.2.1, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

### [CVE-2004-2650](https://cve.now/CVE-2004-2650): Spooler in Apache Foundation James 2.2.0 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering various error…

- Severity: Unrated
- Published: Dec 9, 2005
- Affected: fixed in 2.2.0.
- Fixed in 3.0.0 (released Jul 18, 2017, 4239 days after disclosure, the advisory names 2.2.0, which was never published).
- The latest release, 3.9.1, is not affected.

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